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Kingston USB drive question

15 years ago

Ok...I did the unbelievable :( Had my thumb drive in the front of my PC, needed to access the back of the tower, turned it over and bent the Kingston USB Drive. My computer does not recognize this drive now, but a guy at work thinks all the data is still there...perhaps just the 4 "wires" need to be re-soldered.

How do I get this repaired? I live in Houston, but do not have a problem shipping this off for repairs if someone knows of a VERY reliable source.

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bpgreen
15 years ago
Have you tried powering down, carefully removing the drive and plugging it in another USB slot? You may have damaged the USB port on the PC.

I did something similar once when I tilted my laptop up to get the serial number or something. I powered down, carefully unplugged it, restarted and plugged it back in. It worked fine (although I didn't trust it much and copied everything off).
owbist
15 years ago
Thumb drives are very inexpensive these days so unless the data is vital you would be wise to toss this one and buy another.

If on the other hand the data is vital and you have no back up then you might consider visiting a local repair shop and talk to them. Suggest for confidential reasons you cannot leave the drive with the data, you need to remain there while it is repaired or the data recovered to another drive and see what they say. If they cannot or will not then ask for a recommendation to another local shop.

Not wanting to bash you while you are down but if this was your backup copy of the data and you save daily you should seriously consider using 2 thumb drives and alternate so you are never more than one day at risk.
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